Kim Kardashian Says Ex Kris Humphries Only Paid for 1/5 of Her Engagement Ring — and She Still Had to Give It Back in Divorce

Kim Kardashian is opening up about one lingering regret from her brief marriage to former NBA player Kris Humphries. On the March 13 episode of The Kardashians, Kim revealed that she had to give up her engagement ring to finalize their divorce, despite having paid for most of it herself.

While chatting with her sister Khloé Kardashian, Kim reflected on her past engagement rings, including the 18-karat emerald-cut ring from Lorraine Schwartz that Humphries proposed with in 2011. However, Kim revealed she no longer has the ring.

“I didn’t keep that,” she said. “I was pregnant with [my daughter] North [West], still married to him, and in order to divorce him, he said I had to give him the ring.”

Kim also clarified that she was the one who primarily funded the purchase. “He contributed a fifth,” she added.

The moment prompted a stunned reaction from Kim’s hairstylist and friend, Chris Appleton, who called it “savage.” Lorraine Schwartz, who joined the sisters during their trip to India for the July 2024 Ambani wedding, told Kim it was likely for the best that she let the ring go.

“But I would’ve loved a collection,” Kim admitted.

Kim and Humphries’ highly publicized wedding in 2011 ended in divorce just 72 days later. The SKIMS founder has since shared that she felt pressured to go through with the wedding, especially with the cameras rolling for Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

“I thought, ‘Okay, we’re filming this for a TV show. If I leave, I’m going to be known as the runaway bride forever and it’s going to be a huge joke,'” she previously said.

Looking back, Kim admitted she handled their split “the wrong way” and feels she owes Humphries an apology.

“I was so nervous to break up with someone, I handled it totally the wrong way,” she said. “I fully broke up with him in the worst way, and I couldn’t… I just didn’t know how to deal. I learned so much from it.”

Kim later married rapper Kanye West and welcomed three more children before they divorced in 2022.